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Notice on holding the HPA 2017 awards ceremony

Published date: 2018-09-10 Clicks: 2643

Since 1998,theChina Folklore Photographic Association (CFPA)has launched a call to photographers all over the world to document folklore phenomenon extensively and in depth.To this end, CFPA founded the Humanity Photo Awards (HPA), a biennial international photographic contest.For the past 20 years, photographers from 165 countries have registered and participated in HPA,who successfully have contributed the images about rich culturalphenomenon of 181 countries.This is a massive photo collection on multi-culture.To date,HPA remains being the “exclusive,authoritative and non-replicable” international photography competition in the world.

In terms of event organization in the future,HPA committee decides tohost HPA award ceremony and start-up of next HPA together in every two years after 2018.

Event Organization Committee：The 10th HPA award ceremony will be co-hosted by UNESCO and China Folklore Photographic Association and undertaken by Sina-Yunnan.The organization committee includes a director:Mr. Shen Che who is the president of World Folklore Photographers Association, the president of China Folklore Photographic Association and also a member of UNESCO-NGO Liaison Committee;leaders of related departments will be other committee members responsible for the organization and implementation of the event.